Proactive Control of Emotional Information in Adult ADHD
By: Anna Längle, Ulrich Ettinger and Stefan Duschek
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.502 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 29
Submitted on: Sep 8, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 28, 2026
Published on: May 11, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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